Countries
Norway
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
Norway
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Come stai?
Good Night
god natt
buonanotte
Good Evening
god kveld
buonasera
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
god morgen
buongiorno
Please
Vær så snill
Per Favore
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ti amo
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Scusami
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Lazio
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Sogn
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
Italiano
Alternative Names
Norsk
Italiano
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
italien
German Name
Nynorsk
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Italians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Italian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
itas
Glottocode
norw1258
ital1282
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Norwegian and Italian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Norwegian and Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Italian language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Italian Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Italian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Norwegian and Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.